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		<title>Here they come&#8230;National Standards</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[National standards kindergarten through 12th grade are on their way.
At PDS we are looking forward to taking a good look at all the recommendations  and at where we converge and diverge in the choices we make. And also, at where we exceed and expand  national (and international) expectations.
As an accredited independent school we have the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;If a school fulfills its mission there must be constant evolution&#8230;&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 15:24:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is quite possible that the assigning of grades to school children and college students as a kind of reward or punishment is useless or worse&#8230;
I&#8217;ve discovered an absolute treasure trove of fascinating material: Popular Science has put its entire 137 year archive on line.
The quotation above is from Examinations, Grades and Credits by Professor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Transformation</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:49:02 +0000</pubDate>
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“School reform today is like a freight train, and I’m out on the tracks saying, ‘You’re going the wrong way!’ ”

I’ve always respected Diane Ravitch even as I have often disagreed with her.  And her on-line and ongoing exchanges with Deborah Meier Bridging Differences have been a model of intelligent debate conducted with an informed  civility [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Ruben&#8217;s Tube: Dancing Fire</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 22:10:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s always great when a student or a teacher sends along a report, picture or a video of something cool going on in the classroom.
Or, as in this case, a cool experiment during vacation.
This is a first attempt at creating a Ruben&#8217;s standing wave flame tube showing the relationship between sound waves and air pressure. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Extra Mile</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 20:55:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Art History class took off for Italy last week.
It&#8217;s well over 4,000 miles from Poughkeepsie to Zurich and on to Florence but here&#8217;s the extra mile: Wayne created these books &#8211; in Florentine red &#8211; one for every student. It&#8217;s for notes,sketches and reference on the trip.
The sleeve at the back has a map [...]]]></description>
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